Vaccines: A Biography

Buch | Softcover

402 Seiten

2014
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4899-8362-6 (ISBN)

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Why another book about vaccines? There are already a few extremely well-written medical textbooks that provide comprehensive, state-of-the-art technical reviews regarding vaccine science. Additionally, in the past decade alone, a number of engrossing, provocative books have been published on various related issues ra- ing from vaccines against specific diseases to vaccine safety and policy. Yet there remains a significant gap in the literature – the history of vaccines. Vaccines: A Biography seeks to fill a void in the extant literature by focusing on the history of vaccines and in so doing, recounts the social, cultural, and scientific history of vaccines; it places them within their natural, historical context. The book traces the lineage – the “biography” – of individual vaccines, originating with deeply rooted medical problems and evolving to an eventual conclusion. Nonetheless, these are not “biographies” in the traditional sense; they do not trace an individual’s growth and development. Instead, they follow an idea as it is conceived and dev- oped, through the contributions of many. These are epic stories of discovery, of risk-takers, of individuals advancing medical science, in the words of the famous physical scientist Isaac Newton, “by standing on the shoulders of giants. ” One grant reviewer described the book’s concept as “triumphalist”; although meant as an indictment, this is only partially inaccurate.

Vaccinology in Context: The Historical Burden of Infectious Diseases.- Smallpox.- A Brief History of Microbiology and Immunology.- Anthrax.- Rabies.- Killed Vaccines: Cholera, Typhoid, and Plague.- Toxoid Vaccines.- Tuberculosis and BCG.- The Discovery of Viruses and the Evolution of Vaccinology.- Yellow Fever.- Influenza.- Polio.- Measles, Mumps, and Rubella.- Diseases of Military Importance.- Varicella and Zoster.- Polysaccharide Vaccines.- Hepatitis B.- Japanese Encephalitis.- Hepatitis A.- Rotavirus.- Human Papillomaviruses.- The Future of Vaccine Discovery and Development.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.11.2014
Zusatzinfo	XXII, 402 p.
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
ISBN-10	1-4899-8362-7 / 1489983627
ISBN-13	978-1-4899-8362-6 / 9781489983626
Zustand	Neuware